I now have my 31" weatherstrip profile.......

[richard1]

I want to say a public Thank You to a fellow Canadian member who responded to my inquiry after searching for so many months for a piece of original inner hatch weatherstrip.

It is the exact same profile and in perfect condition.

My greatest appreciation to this member for his assistance (he knows who he is) in a very hard research to restore a not produced/reproduced anymore original weatherstrip profile for a never restored original car.

I am happy I will be able to restore the original one from the welding joints at the threshold of the hatch.

This community has something good......perseverance........ somebody will listen to help you about something out of common sense when you want to keep an unrestored original as it can be possible after 37 years.

Some post replies are frustrating by not understanding the limited availability of some parts to maintain a complete original Z specimen to the real state of the art.

I conclude by saying thank you for the support of some that searched as hell to help me and those who tried to help me for a so menial thing as a piece of weatherstrip to fix my need.

[richard1]

it was the right profile and fits perfectly at the welding joints.

You are a great member........your support has been greatly appreciated to keep an unrestored original as it is is......original

[geezer]

Glad to have helped Richard. This is one of those instances where it was indeed worthwhile storing an old part that was not of any use to me, but someone else was able to make use of it. I learned that the original OEM 260Z hatch rubber has the same profile as your 240Z. The only difference is the notch cutouts on each side for the brackets of the lift cylinders on the 260Z. Luckily, you didn't need that section.

Edited November 17, 2009 by geezer